Biblical Studies Post-graduate Research Seminar

TCBS Research Seminar (Michaelmas Term, 2026)

September 21st, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Round-table discussion of McConville, J G (J Gordon). “Neither Male nor Female: Poetic Imagery and the Nature of God in the Old Testament.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 44, no. 1 (2019): 166–81.

October 12th, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Daniel Daley (Calvin Theological Seminary) - Mercy Along the Way: Reading Matthew 25:31-46 Through the Jewish Repatriation Tradition

November 2nd,  3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Sophia Johnson (Tübingen) - A Game of Thrones in Joshua 10-12: Historical-Postcolonial Readings

November 16th,  3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Miriam De Cock (Dublin City University) - The Functions of Travel in Early Christian Literature Between Paul and Constantine  

December 7th, 3pm, in-person and online, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies – Round-table discussion of George van Kooten, “The Pre-70 ce Dating of the Gospel of John: ‘There is (ἔστιν) in Jerusalem … a pool … which has five porticoes’ (5.2)”, New Testament Studies 71 (2025): 29-55.

For further information please contact the Director, Prof David Shepherd at shepherd@tcd.ie.